I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the day former News of the
World editor Andy Coulson and Conservative director of communications takes the
stand at the Leveson Inquiry, the government chooses to release information
about the Ministry of Defence’s decision to
renege on an aircraft carrier deal, losing nearly £100 million in the process.
How do you bury bad news? By releasing even worse news, of course!
Once, we had the best press in the world. Now British journalists appear
to be asleep at the wheel. Coulson is currently on bail for his involvement in
the phone hacking scandal. I want to know who is paying his legal fees and when
was the last time he spoke to his former employer? Coulson failed to declare
that he owned £40,000-worth of News Corp shares, a clear conflict of interest, but claims this was merely
an oversight as he was “busy“. Really? What questions was Coulson asked before he
took up his position as director of communications?
During the inquiry, Coulson dismissed any idea that there was any deal
to ensure the Murdochs the whole of BSkyB in return for the newspapers
supporting the Conservatives. In his statement, he described Cameron as “a thoroughly decent, moral man”. How lovely.
This story has been so underreported in this country, it is truly
staggering. I am certain that it will take an American journalist to reveal the
true extent of the corruption - yes, corruption - involved.
Meanwhile, Cameron must be breathing a sigh of relief.
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